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About Motipur Village

Motipur is a small village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 206 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motipur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Mohla
Pincode 491666
Area (hectares) 280.45 hectares
Population 421
Male Population 206
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Motipur compares

By the 2011 count Motipur is the 83rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 280.45 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Motipur

Motipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Motipur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Motipur from other places

Motipur lies about under 2 km from Rajnandgaon. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Motipur
Tehsil headquarters Mohla under 2 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon under 2 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon under 2 km

Villages closest to Motipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohla tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Motipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Motipur village had a population of 421. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Motipur village has 206 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motipur has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Motipur is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motipur covers 280.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Motipur falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Motipur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Motipur.

Motipur is about under 2 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Motipur is in Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Mohla is about under 2 km away. Rajnandgaon is about under 2 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Putar Gondi Kalan (5.2 km), Mochar (7.1 km) and Dhanegaon (7.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Motipur today is likely to be higher.

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